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Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Premise Match: no conditionals7% picked this

   Most new restaurants require either good publicity or a good location in order to succeed. But most restaurants with a good location also receive

   We can tell from a bird's eye view that we're not getting three conditionals here: Most, Most, Guaranteed. Without the conditionals, it's not going to be a strong enough match.

   7%
2. B

   Bad Premise Match: just 1 conditional8% picked this

   Every best-selling cookbook published last year is both well written and contains beautiful photographs. The cookbook Cynthia Cleveland published last year is well written

   We can tell from a bird's eye view that we're not getting three conditionals here. The first claim is a conditional, but then the 2nd premise and the conclusion are both just facts. Without the conditionals, it's not going to be a strong enough match.

   8%
3. C

   Correct84% picked this

   All students at the Freeman School of Cooking study either desserts or soups in their second year. This year, all Freeman students studying soups

   Why this is right

   We wanted a conditional premise that offers us some "B or C" in the outcome. 2nd yr Student at FSC ? dessert or soup Then look for a second conditional premise that makes it seem like "one of those two options implies the other". study soup ? study dessert Thus, you're bound to be the implied option either way. 2nd yr Student at FSC ? dessert We could still use our gross algebraic recipe too if we wanted / needed to. A + X ? B or C A + C ? B A + X ? B A = student at Freeman X = 2nd year B = study desserts C = study soups

   Skill tested: Parallel · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   84%
4. D

   Bad Premise Match: just 1 conditional1% picked this

   Chefs who become celebrities either open their own restaurants or write books about their craft, but not both. John Endicott is a celebrated chef

   We can tell from a bird's eye view that we're not getting three conditionals here. The first claim is a conditional, but then the 2nd premise and the conclusion are both just facts. Without the conditionals, it's not going to be a strong enough match. We also could have rejected this as soon as we saw the "but not both" attached to our either/or outcome. The way this argument works is that the 2nd premise is supposed to be saying, "If you're one of these two options, you're also the other", so there needs to be a possibility of being both options in order to match the original argument.

   1%
5. E

   Bad Premise Match: just 1 conditional1% picked this

   Every catering service in Woodside Township will accept both residential and business catering assignments. Peggy’s Fine Foods is a catering service that will not

   We can tell from a bird's eye view that we're not getting three conditionals here. The first claim is a conditional, but then the 2nd premise and the conclusion are both just facts. Without the conditionals, it's not going to be a strong enough match. We could also reject this as soon as we see that the first conditional has an "and" outcome. We needed an "or" outcome.

   1%